Marito e moglie, sull'orlo del divorzio in seguito alla morte di un figlio, sono di ritorno da un viaggio quando restano in panne in una zona speduta; unico segno di civiltà, un pulcioso motel gestito da un ometto all'apparenza non proprio sanissimo ma innocuo.
Giunti in camera, troveranno nel videoregistratore alcune videocassette
snuff con efferate violenze compiute proprio in quella camera. Troppo tardi per scappare: sono loro, le nuove vittime.
Nessuna concessione all'originalità, nelle premesse e nella realizzazione di
Vacancy, eppure il film risulta nel complesso più che gradevole: la tensione è sempre molto alta, e tutto sommato nessuno fa cose del tutto stupide o del tutto improbabili.
Discreta la
regia (e che nome fichissimo,
Nimród!), saggia anche nel non tirare troppo in lungo una trama che si limita all'essenziale.
"Simpatico" il personaggio del direttore del motel.
Dovendo fare la vittima non è del tutto un male, ma il
fratello di
Owen Wilson è un attore tragico.
Capitolo a parte per
Kate Beckinsale, che è sempre un bel vedere: qui sfoggia pure un faccino innocentissimo.
Da ricordare le sue ultime dichiarazioni alla stampa, che ormai raggiungono il livello di quelle di
Scarlett Johansson: prima di tutto, interesserà sapere al mondo che chiama la sua
patatina "
La Tomba Del Faraone" (ouch!
) e che chi l'ha vista la considera
ME-RA-VI-GLI-O-SA - in che senso, mi chiedo? C'ha l'aria condizionata? Sulle pareti si possono ammirare pregevoli pitture rupestri? Sa di miele? Cosa? Cosa?!?!
Poi, in seguito alla gravidanza, convocò una conferenza stampa al sol fine di informare tutti che le sue
tettine erano ad
altissima pressione, consentendole un getto di latte continuo con una gittata fino a 4 metri! Wow! Torna utile per sedare sommosse popolari!
Santi numi, le dichiarazioni di certe attrici sono imperdibili...
Tornando al film, molto simpatici i filmati snuff inseriti tra gli extra del dvd (anche versione noleggio).
Voto: 7-. Horror semplice, ma simpatico - warning: tettine ad altissima pressione; maneggiare con cautela.
Tags: horror, thriller, motel, auto, guasto, notte, camera, snuff, videocassetta, cunicolo, omicidio, serial killer, direttore, pompa di benzina, cabina telefonica, morte, coltello, accoltellamento, fucile, revolver, pistola, polizia, telefono, finestra, inseguimento, fuga, nascondiglio, telecamere, gang.
Johansson, Scarlett
Nome di battesimo: Johansson, Scarlett I.
Data di nascita: 22 November 1984
Altezza: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Johansson's performance as Grace in The Horse Whisperer (1998) earned her a Hollywood Reporter Young Star award. And previously her Manny & Lo (1996) role received a nod by the Independent Spirit Awards. Scarlett has an older brother and sister and a twin brother. She divides her time between New York with her dad, and Los Angeles with her mother. Her acting career was launched in the off-Broadway production of 'Sophistry' with Ethan Hawke.
Trivia random: Was featured as #63 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
Citazione random: I have an obsessive character. I manicure my nails at three in the morning because nobody else can do it the right way. Maybe that's the secret to my success.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Wilson, Luke (I)
Nome di battesimo: Wilson, Luke Cunningham
Data di nascita: 21 September 1971
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:The native handsome Texan, Luke Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas in Texas in 1971. The son of an advertising executive and a photographer, he was raised with two brothers, Owen Wilson (the middle one) and Andrew Wilson (the eldest one). The three would all go on to make their careers in film, with Luke Wilson discovering his love of acting while a student at Occidental College. In 1993, the brothers Wilson collaborated with Wes Anderson to make Bottle Rocket (1994), which was initially a 13-minute short. The gleefully optimistic story of three Texans who aspire to become successful thieves, Bottle Rocket (1994) premiered at the 1993 Sundance Festival, where it attracted the attention of director James L. Brooks. With Brooks' help, the short became a full-length feature film released in 1996 under the same name, Bottle Rocket (1996). Afterwards, Wilson moved to Hollywood, setting up house with his two brothers and Anderson and the same year, Wilson also appeared in the coming-of-age drama Telling Lies in America (1997). After large roles in three 1998 comedies, Best Men (1997), Bongwater (1997), and Home Fries (1998) (the latter two co-starring Drew Barrymore), Wilson went on to star in another three comedies the following year. The first, Dog Park (1998), was a Canadian film directed by "The Kids in the Hall" (1988) alum Bruce McCulloch and featured Wilson as one of a group of twenty-something's undergoing the trials and tribulations of love. Blue Streak (1999) starred the actor as the sidekick of robber-turned-policeman Martin Lawrence, while Kill the Man (1999) (which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Festival) cast him as the owner of a small copy centre competing with a large chain store across the street. Though he would stick closely to comedy through 2001 with roles in Charlie's Angels (2000) and Legally Blonde (2001), Wilson took a turn for the sinister in the thrillers Preston Tylk (2000) and Soul Survivors (2001) before reteaming with his brother Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson to give one of his most memorable performances as Richie in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). In 2003, Wilson reprised two past roles, appearing in both Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003). That same year, he also scored a hit as one of the stars of Todd Phillips' Old School (2003). The year 2004 saw Wilson embark on The Wendell Baker Story (2005), a film he starred in, co-directed with brother Andrew Wilson. Although he made his film debut in the acclaimed independent film Bottle Rocket (1996), he initially got more recognition for his real-life role as Drew Barrymore's boyfriend than for his acting. Fortunately for Wilson, his onscreen talents outlasted his relationship with Barrymore, and he has enjoyed steady employment and increasing visibility through substantial roles in a number of films
Trivia random: Father was a PBS executive.
Citazione random: I went back to my high school in Texas about a month ago. I ended up spending five, six hours at the school meeting different kids. It was really fun because it made me think, "Wow, people are actually seeing these movies that I make!" When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool. But these kids were crazy. They had lots of questions, from "What was it like kissing Cameron Diaz?" to the little studious kids who said, "I really enjoyed The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Owen Wilson
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Antal, Nimród
Data di nascita: 30 November 1973
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: His first son was born in August 2005.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Beckinsale, Kate
Nome di battesimo: Beckinsale, Kathryn Bailey
Data di nascita: 26 July 1973
Altezza: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Coniuge: Len Wiseman::(9 May 2004 - present)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, born in Nottingham, England. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series "Rising Damp" (1974), "Porridge" (1974) and "The Lovers" (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31. Kate attended the private school Godolphin and Latymer School in London for her grade and primary school education. In her teens she twice won the British bookseller W.H. Smith Young Writers' competition - once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a tumultuous adolescence (a bout of anorexia - cured - and a smoking habit which continues to this day), she gradually took up the profession of acting. Her major acting debut came in a TV film about World War II called One Against the Wind (1991) (TV), filmed in Luxembourg during the summer of 1991. It first aired on American television that December. Kate began attending Oxford University's New College in the fall of 1991, majoring in French and Russian literature. She had already decided that she wanted to act, but to broaden her horizons she chose university over drama school. While in her first year at Oxford, Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Kate worked in three other films while attending Oxford, beginning with a part in the medieval historical drama Prince of Jutland (1994), cast as Ethel. The film was shot during the spring of 1993 on location in Denmark, and she filmed her supporting part during New College's Easter break. Later in the summer of that year she played the lead in the contemporary mystery drama Uncovered (1994). Before she went back to school, her third year at university was spent at Oxford's study-abroad program in Paris, France, immersing herself in the French language, Parisian culture and French cigarettes. A year away from the academic community and living on her own in the French capital caused her to re-evaluate the direction of her life. She faced a choice: continue with school or concentrate on her flourishing acting career. After much thought, she chose the acting career. In the spring of 1994 Kate left Oxford, after finishing three years of study. Kate appeared in the BBC/Thames Television satire Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV), filmed in London and East Sussex during late summer 1994 and which opened to spectacular reviews in the United States, grossing over $5 million during its American run. It was re-released to U.K. theaters in the spring of 1997. Acting on the stage consumed the first part of 1995; she toured in England with the Thelma Holts Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull". After turning down several mediocre scripts "and going nearly berserk with boredom", she waited seven months before another interesting role was offered to her. Her big movie of 1995 was the romance/horror movie Haunted (1995), starring opposite Aidan Quinn and John Gielgud, and filmed in West Sussex. In this film she wanted to play "an object of desire", unlike her past performances where her characters were much less the siren and more the worldly innocent. Kate's first film project of 1996 was the British ITV production of Jane Austen's novel Emma (1996) (TV). Her last film of 1996 was the comedy Shooting Fish (1997), filmed at Shepperton Studios in London during early fall. She played the part of Georgie, an altruistic con artist. She had a daughter, Lily, in 1999 with actor Michael Sheen.
Trivia random: Ranked #21 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Citazione random: "It's the only time my education has come in remotely handy." -on using her Russian literature studies for copying her "Van Helsing" script into Russian to acquire a Slavic accent.
Salario massimo: $200,000, per Pearl Harbor (2001)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Vacancy (2007)
Regista: Nimród Antal Scrittore: Mark L. Smith Genere: Horror, Thriller, Horror
Valutazione: 6.3/10 (17319 voti)
Durata: 85 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:David and Amy Fox find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down. Luckily, they come across a motel with a TV to entertain them during their overnight stay. However, there's something very strange and familiar about the Grade-Z slasher movies that the motel broadcasts for its guests' enjoyment. They all appear to be filmed in the very same room they occupy! Realizing that they are trapped in their room with hidden cameras now aimed at them filming their every move, David and Amy desperately find a means of escape through locked doors, crawlspaces and underground tunnels before they too become the newest stars of the mystery filmmaker's next cult classic!
Trivia random: Shipped to theaters under the name "Temporary Arrangement."
Citazione random: Amy Fox: [about the room] We've had our tetanus shots... right?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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